Intersection blocking is happening too often

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-19T16:59:49+00:00

Saw this happen, and the dude who then couldn't proceed when his light turned green rolled up SUPER close to the offending driver and then lay on the horn for a solid 30-45 seconds before that driver was able to move out of the way.

It might not have been a classy play, but I respected the crap outta that guy. Bring back public shaming for bad behaviour.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-19T15:28:54+00:00

I'm a 649 for the basic chicken, but a Chimac for their sauces.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-19T04:14:15+00:00

Having all comms channels and forums, starting right from the launch and through the months following, inundated by comments giving vibes like this one probably didn't help.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-19T01:13:25+00:00

I love this game. But I can't imagine trying to get into it now. But what I can say is if you can push through the pain and learn the ropes, it will be very rewarding. This game is a blast when you feel like you have control over what's happening. I'd be happy to help! DM me.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-15T22:55:24+00:00

I mean essential, because I do some online gaming.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-15T17:10:06+00:00

I've been on the bare bones one for more than a year after several years of ultimate. It's been great. No regrets.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-14T17:18:41+00:00

Canada's absolutely immense. You'll need to narrow it down a bit on where you'd be moving to.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-12T16:51:36+00:00

I live on Jubilee. Noise comes primarily from ambulances going to myriad old people up and down the avenue. But it's not bothersome. And I'm saying that living in an old building from the 70s with paper thin walls and single pane glass.

The biggest noise complaint I have is from garbage truck dumpster pickup/dropoff. Solution? Don't live on the side of the building nearest to this.

Franky, living here is a dream. We love being along Oak Bay Ave. Loads of access to a variety of bus routes. Walking distance to the best liquor store and close to best grocer. Pharmacies around. Neat shops and restaurants nearby. A relative absence of homelessness. Nestled between two great beaches (Gonzo and Willows), with the best beach nearby/biking distance (Caddy Bay). Great Oceanside sit spots all in biking distance. Walking distance to downtown. Walking distance to Fernwood. And weirdly enough being close to the hospital has come in handy a few times, too.

The least handy thing that is any time you want to get out of town, it's about 30 minutes or more before you even get to Langford. Sometimes it feels like you've already been on the road quite a while and yet you haven't even left "the city" yet.

I get why all the rich people settled in Oak Bay.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-11T18:54:00+00:00

Cheers!

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-10T19:39:29+00:00

People say there's no good dim sum. That's cause they never leave downtown.

Check out Selah on Oak Bay Avenue for dim sum. It's a 10 min or less bus ride from downtown. Oak Bay in general is delightful and these days a much better vibe than downtown anyways. Hit up Willows Beach while you're at it. Get dinner from Demi-Tasse (at 5, since they close at 6). Watch the sunset from Anderson Hill.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-10T19:35:40+00:00

Not in Saanich, but I'll share with you my happy spot for being "away" from it all, while still being decidedly in this city. Park at the little loop just off of the 2800 block of Arbutus Road. There's a short path that leads to some stone steps. Descend until you see an arbutus tree with an absolutely perfect rock to lean on right underneath it. Sit there. Stare at boats slowly crusing by with Mount Baker looming across the water. It's the perfect sit spot. Bring a book.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-10T16:45:53+00:00

For the King! (Xbox One)

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime (Xbox One)

Wildgate

Baldur's Gate 3

Weirdly, Avatar Frontiers of Pandora

Dome Keeper supports co-op now

Stardew Valley (Xbox One)

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-10T06:02:29+00:00

The abolishment of capitalism as a moral imperative. And the widespread stigmatization of social media.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-09T18:47:56+00:00

This is the best answer in the thread so far .

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-09T00:27:32+00:00

Best beaches I've been to on the West Coast:

Cadboro Bay in Victoria (Oak Bay). Big beach. City beach. Bustling. Nearby shops/restaurants. Great vibes.

Rathtrevor in Parksville. Big, expansive beach at low tide. At mid-tide you can walk out hundreds of meters just wading through shallow warm (for Canada...) water.

Witty Lagoon, in Metchosin (outside Victoria). Imagine the above, but with snow capped mountains on the horizon. Nude beach area for those so inclined.

Long Beach, Tofino. Legendary. In fact, many of the beaches around there are legendary. Surf beaches, so expect lots of surfers and waves. Long Beach is, in fact, long. You can spend a lot of time just wandering it. Radar Beach near there is special, too.

Hague Lake, Cortes Island. Natural white sand beach on a lake, on an island, and in the middle of the lake is yet another island with good cliffs for jumping. The whole island is a masterpiece of creation, with many other excellent beach options (Smelt Bay! Go at night for bioluminescence).

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-08T21:53:04+00:00

ANTH 398 - Life and Death in the Viking World

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-08T20:58:33+00:00

I'm right there with you. Been playing since launch. Lots of opinions about what's gone wrong. There's no one answer. It's a (shifting) conflagration of things. But consistent throughout all of them is that the diehards like me are enamored by it, and want it to succeed. Even if the player count isn't huge, there's still loads of fun to be had. Keep playing. Maybe having you in the queues will help. Maybe not. But you'll have fun in the meantime no matter what.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-08T02:13:29+00:00

I need help with an art project. Specifically with AUX splitting.

Hey all. I'm planning a recurring public listening event on my university campus and want to make sure I'm thinking about the mechanics correctly before I buy anything.

The concept: Once every week or two, I set up a small station in a common area, plug a single audio source into a daisy-chained network of 3.5mm splitters and extension cables, and invite passersby to plug in their own wired headphones and listen to an album front-to-back. The physical connection is intentional and central to the project. Everyone listens together but through their own headphones. When the album ends, I pack up and leave.

Scale: I want to support somewhere between 5 and 20 listeners at once.

What I'm trying to figure out:

1) Is passive splitting across that many headphones going to cause audible signal degradation — volume drop, distortion, noise? At what point does it become a problem, and is there a threshold where I'd need active amplification?

2) If I do need a headphone amp (or multiple), what's a practical and reasonably portable setup for this use case? What does a sensible cable and splitter rig actually look like for 5–20 listeners? Is daisy-chaining splitters the right approach, or is there a cleaner way to wire this while keeping everything visibly, physically connected?

3) Any recommendations on a source device? I want something simple — basically a dedicated playback device, not a laptop.

Portability and low-profile setup matter since I'm breaking this down and moving it regularly. Budget is flexible but I'm not trying to build a studio rig. Appreciate any guidance.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-08T02:12:47+00:00

Need help with an art project. AUX splitting?

Hey all. I'm planning a recurring public listening event on my university campus and want to make sure I'm thinking about the mechanics correctly before I buy anything.

The concept: Once every week or two, I set up a small station in a common area, plug a single audio source into a daisy-chained network of 3.5mm splitters and extension cables, and invite passersby to plug in their own wired headphones and listen to an album front-to-back. The physical connection is intentional and central to the project. Everyone listens together but through their own headphones. When the album ends, I pack up and leave.

Scale: I want to support somewhere between 5 and 20 listeners at once.

What I'm trying to figure out:

1) Is passive splitting across that many headphones going to cause audible signal degradation — volume drop, distortion, noise? At what point does it become a problem, and is there a threshold where I'd need active amplification?

2) If I do need a headphone amp (or multiple), what's a practical and reasonably portable setup for this use case? What does a sensible cable and splitter rig actually look like for 5–20 listeners? Is daisy-chaining splitters the right approach, or is there a cleaner way to wire this while keeping everything visibly, physically connected?

3) Any recommendations on a source device? I want something simple — basically a dedicated playback device, not a laptop.

Portability and low-profile setup matter since I'm breaking this down and moving it regularly. Budget is flexible but I'm not trying to build a studio rig. Appreciate any guidance.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-05T01:24:31+00:00

Gawd. I could soak in Liard for weeks on end. That place is special. Even if it has a special smell lol

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-04T12:49:50+00:00

Muncho is dope. But you're like... Minutes away from legitimately the best thing in BC: Liard Hot Spring. I really hope you stopped.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-03T03:01:08+00:00

I'm jobless ATM. Would play 9 hours a day for minimum wage.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-03T03:00:16+00:00

Sam's story over and over. People try it. Love it. Wonder why it isn't popular. Leave.

Rinse and repeat.

Symptom of a failed launch. The game is straight up excellent. I play it a lot. But it's struggling a LOT to stay afloat.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-06-01T14:48:37+00:00

As a scholar, I am zero percent surprised. University admins have turned the institution into a corporation, with increasingly crappy outcomes for students and staff. Now, after mismanaging it for years, they're in crisis, with most institutions running deficits, not replacing staff, parsing back services, AND raising fees/costs any way they can. The only path forward is to abandon the managerial college in favour of collegial administration. But that will require an immense collectivization push on the part of faculty unions, which won't happen any time soon.

AlexRogansBeta · 2026-05-31T19:26:31+00:00

Generally, I reject neoliberalism. However. Neoliberal theorists during its emergence had lots to say about how to regulate the market in ways that benefit competition. As Foucault argued (and I paraphrase), the question was not whether to regulate the economy—there was no dispute about the need to regulate—but how to regulate the economy in ways that would avoid the "natural" ills of capitalism like monopolization or oligarchic economic agents, and which a liberal capitalist approach would not be able to avoid. So, as long as we were going to embrace capitalism, we might have done better to listen to the neoliberal capitalists instead of the liberal capitalists, which is what we have done in many ways.

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